Surplice Sentence Examples

As it was, although Parker said that Grindal "was not resolute and severe enough for the government of London," his attempts to enforce the use of the surplice evoked angry protests, especially in 1565, when considerable numbers of the nonconformists were suspended; and Grindal of his own motion denounced Cartwright to the Council in 1570.

In all probability the surplice is no more than an expansion of the ordinary liturgical alb, due to the necessity for wearing it over thick furs.

This latter was reserved for the more important canons, and was worn over surplice or rochet in choir.

In general it is laid down (cap. i.) that the priest, in benedictions outside the Mass, shall be vested in surplice and stole, and shall give the blessing standing and bare-headed.

He is vested in surplice, stole and cope.

The surplice is not used, the ministers conducting the ordinary services and preaching in a black gown, of the 16th-century type, with white bands or ruff.

As for copes, in some places they were ordered to be worn, and were worn at the Holy Communion, 4 while elsewhere they were thrown into the bonfires with the rest.5 The difficulty seems to have been not to suppress the chasuble, of the use of which after 1559 not a single authoritative instance has been adduced, but to save the surplice, which the more zealous Puritans looked on with scarcely less disfavour.

In the additional explanatory notes at the end of the book, after directions as to the wearing of surplice and hood in quire, in cathedral and collegiate churches (they are not made obligatory elsewhere), bishops are directed to wear, besides the rochet, a surplice or alb, and a cope or vestment, with a pastoral staff borne either by themselves or their chaplains.'

In the Roman Catholic Church the rochet is a tunic of white, and usually fine linen or muslin (battiste, mull) reaching about to the knee, and distinguished from the surplice by the fact that its arms are narrow and tight-fitting.

It is not a vestis sacra, and cannot therefore be used as a substitute for the surplice, e.g.

As to vestments, in the choir offices, the surplice only was to be used; the hood being added in cathedrals and colleges; and by all graduates when preaching, everywhere.

Whenever a bishop was celebrant he was to wear, "beside his rochette, a surplice or albe, and a cope or vestment," and also to carry " his pastoral staff in his hand, or else borne or holden by his chaplain."

Such were the sleeveless surplice, which was provided at the sides with holes to put the arms through; the surplice with slit-up arms or lappels (so-called "wings") instead of sleeves; the surplice of which not only the sleeves but the body of the garment itself were slit up the sides, precisely like the modern dalmatic; and, finally, a sort of surplice in the form of a bell-shaped mantle, with a hole for the head, which necessitated the arms being stuck out under the hem.

As a rule, however, these subsidiary forms of surplice were worn mostly by the lower clergy.

The surplice belongs to the vestes sacrae, though it requires no benediction.

The older history of the surplice is obscured by lack of exact information.

The surplice was formerly only worn by the clergy when conducting the service, being exchanged during the sermon for the "black gown," i.e.

His own college (Christ's) would have chosen him for the mastership; but a party opposition led to the election of Valentine Cary, who had already quarrelled with Ames for disapproving of the surplice and other outward symbols.

On the other hand, some of these have in recent times adopted the surplice, and in one at least (the Catholic Apostolic Church) the traditional Catholic vestments have been largely revived.

The surplice originally reached to the feet, but as early as the 13th century it began to be shortened, though as late as the 15th century it still fell to the middle of the shin, and it was not till the 17th and 18th centuries that it was considerably shortened.

In the Oriental rites there is no surplice, nor any analogous vestment.

The traditional form of the surplice in the Church of England is that which survived from pre-Reformation times, viz.

The officiating priest wears a cope, or at least a surplice with a violet stole, the other priests and clergy wear surplices.

Beeswing, a brilliant public performer, gave birth to a good horse in Newminster; the same may be said of Alice Hawthorn, dam of Thormanby, of Canezou, dam of Fazzoletto, of Crucifix, dam of Surplice, and of Blink Bonny, dam of Blair Athol; but many of the greatest winners have dropped nothing worth training.

About the 6th century the long tunica alba went out of fashion in civil life, but it was retained in the services of the Church and developed into the various forms of the liturgical alb (q.v.) and surplice (q.v.).

Of the liturgical vestments not immediately or exclusively associated with the sacrifice of the mass the most conspicuous are the cope and surplice.

Moreover, in further contradistinction to the Roman use, it had - especially in the German dioceses - a liturgical character, being used instead of the surplice.

In 1617 he went with the king to Scotland, and aroused hostility by wearing the surplice.

The arguments that had weaned him from his Zwibiglian simplicity did not satisfy his unpromoted brethren, and Jewel had to refuse admission to a benefice to his friend Laurence Humphrey (q.v.), who would not wear a surplice.

Vitale at Ravenna; in this case, however, the dalmatic has been confused with the surplice.

He took a leading part in the "vestiarian" controversy, and persuaded the college to discard the surplice.

Constantly wear the surplice in administration of all offices mentioned in the prayer book?

The track was removed from the mainline, and a point that was made surplice last winter will be craned in next weekend.

We entered the quiet and humble temple; the priest waited in his white surplice at the lowly altar, the clerk beside him.

It is sometimes also worn by clerics in minor orders, whose proper vestment is, however, the surplice - itself a modification of the alb (see Surplice).

New vestments were devised to take the place, on less solemn occasions, of those hallowed by association with the holy sacrifice; thus the processional cope (q.v.) appeared in the 11th century and the surplice (q.v.) in the 12th.

For a hundred years after the Elizabethan settlement the battle raged round the compulsory use of the surplice and square cap, both being objected to by the extreme Calvinists or Puritans.

Popular passion confused the issues, and raged as violently against the substitution of the surplice for the Geneva gown in the pulpit as against the revival of the "mass vestments."

Of the non-Roman Churches in the West the surplice has continued in regular use only in the Lutheran churches of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and in the Church of England (see below).

The people, thoroughly Protestant, were excited by the proofswhich they thought were afforded that the real object of the Tractarians was to reconcile England with Rome; and practices which are now regarded as venial or even praiseworthysuch as the wearing of the surplice in the pulpit, and the institution of the weekly offertorywere denounced because they were instituted by the Tracta.rians, and were regarded as insidious devices to lead the country ROmewards.

In 1789, the income was £ 22, beside the surplice fees, viz. £ 6, paid by the impropriator.

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A surplice bodice can be slimming as it is created by wrapping fabric to meet in the front or the back of the gown.

It has a draped surplice bodice and a V-neck, empire waist and skirt that falls to just below the knees.

The surplice bodice has pleat shaping over the wrap tie, and the set-in waist can be adjusted for your most flattering fit.

The draped surplice bodice, empire waist, V-neck and flared skirt create a sexy style that works for every occasion.

It has a crossover surplice V-neck and slim shoulder straps with hook closures at the back.

It has a crossover surplice neckline and a knotted tie just below the bust, giving it an empire waist look.

Blue Porcelain surplice one piece is patterned like fine china.

Pantera surplice is a gorgeous animal print one piece in black and white.

Longitude's Spiked Leaves Surplice is a work in pink florals set against a black background.

Shirring is good, as well as color blocking, asymmetrical patterns and surplice suits.

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Some other neckline styles that flatter petite women are scoop, sweetheart and surplice.

The control surplice bodysuit trims the tummy with waist-defining shirring.